Задания 7-8 класс

LISTENINGPART 1

There are 3 questions in this part. For each question there are 3 pictures. Listen to short recordings and choose the correct answer, A, B or C. You will hear the information twice.

1. Which sport does the girl prefer to take part in?

A B C

2. What should the girl avoid eating?

A B C

3. What was the weather like during their walk?

PART 2

You will hear Anita Burroughs, an ice-skater, being interviewed about her work. For questions 4-9, choose the correct answer A, B or C.

4. What problem did Anita have when ice-skating as a child?

A There was nowhere to practise.B She couldn't find a good teacher.C The clothes were expensive.

5. She says she often does shows

A seven days a week.B more than once a day.C all summer.

6. What does Anita find most difficult about her job?

A The performances are tiring.B Practising is very hard work.C She misses her family.

7. How does Anita feel about doing radio interviews?

A She prefers them to TV interviews.B She doesn't know what to say.C She looks forward to them.

8. Nowadays, audiences expect dancers to do

A international tours.B longer shows.C more complicated jumps.

9. To be a professional ice-skater like Anita, you should

A work well in a team.B remain serious on the ice.C be a good leader.

READING

PART 1

Read the article about Tom Barry, an international skateboarder and decide if the statements below the text are True (A), False (B) or there is no information Not Stated (C). Mark A , B or C on your answer sheet.

Tom Barry – international skateboarder!

Tom Barry is 17 and started skateboarding when he was nine. He grew up in New York where he practiced hard and won his first competition when he was fourteen.

He was lucky. A writer from SKATE IT! magazine watched him that day, then wrote an article about him. “They even made a video of me!” Tom said. “I left school last year and now the magazine is playing me to practice and to skateboard in international competitions. But I am not doing this for money. I’m doing this because it’s so much fun”

Tom has just returned from Japan. Skateboarding is the third most popular sport for boys aged 12-16 in the USA but in Japan it is less well-known.

“I took my skateboard out onto the city street and the traffic stopped as people watched me!” Tom said. “The problem for skateboarders in Japan is that there aren’t many places where they can practice outside. Skate parks are usually inside big buildings in large cities, so street skating is difficult there. But things are changing. I loved the trip and hope to go back to Japan to skate there again very soon.”

10. Tom began skateboarding before his tenth birthday.

A. True B. False C. Not Stated

11. A magazine journalist saw Tom on the day he won his first competition.

A. True B. False C. Not Stated

12. Tom is in his last year at school.

A. True B. False C. Not Stated

13. Tom is lucky because he often wins international competitions.

A. True B. False C. Not Stated

14. Earning lots of money is important to Tom.

A. True B. False C. Not Stated

15. Skateboarding is becoming more popular in Japan than in the United States.

A. True B. False C. Not Stated

16. Tom said it is difficult to find skate parks outside the big cities in Japan.

A. True B. False C. Not Stated

PART 2

Read an article about the library in the past. For questions 13-20, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text.

Going to the library in the past.

When I go into our local library, I often watch children looking at the shelves filled with a variety of brightly coloured books. They pick a book, glance through a few of the pages and then almost immediately reject it before beginning to look at another book. I smile to myself for when I was a child in the 1910s, we were never allowed anywhere near the books. They were kept in some remote corner of the building to which only the librarian had access.How, you may ask, did we manage to choose the book which we wanted to borrow? Well, immediately to the right of the entrance was a room which served two purposes: it was a reading room for the older members of the community and it contained catalogues in alphabetical order of the titles and authors of the books kept in the library. Using these, all one had to do was to write out a list of the books required. However, since most of us knew very few authors by name, and even fewer book titles, the whole process of borrowing a book was based upon guesses. There was no possibility of looking through the first few pages to help us form an opinion, no looking at illustrations to discover if a book might arouse our interest.Even now I recall almost with pain some of the selections my friends and I made. We learned with dismay that titles often gave little guidance as to what the book was about. If we could have returned the book the next day, our irritation would have been considerably reduced, but this was not possible. The librarian did not allow us to bring back any book until we had kept it for at least a week.Having written out your list, you presented it to the librarian. If you thought your troubles were finished, you were sadly mistaken. Your hands were inspected to make sure they were clean. More than once, one or other of us was sent out of the library and told to return when we had washed our hands.Once the librarian was satisfied that we were clean enough, she would disappear into another room and return with the first book on our list which was available. When a book was returned, she would make a thorough inspection of the pages to make sure that it had not been damaged in any way.

17. According to the first paragraph, how is life different for children today from life for children in the 1910s?

A They always get what they want.B They have a wider choice of books.C They are allowed to behave badly.D They spend more time reading books.

18. It was difficult for children to know which books to choose becauseA there was no list of authors.B the illustrations did not interest them.C there were only a few book titles.D they could not see the books in advance.

19. How did children find out which books were available in the library?A They had to write out a list.B They had to ask the librarian.C They had to look through the catalogues.D They had to order them.

20. What does the writer say about book titles?A Nobody knew any of them.B They told us what books were about.C There were not very many of them.D They were not very helpful.

21. What rule was there about returning a book to the library?A You had to keep it until the following day.B You had to return it within a week.C You had to keep it for a week or more.D You had to return it by the following day.

22. What did the librarian do as soon as she had received a child's list?A She looked at the children's hands.B She sent all the children away to wash their hands.C She washed the children's hands.D She asked the children if their hands were dirty.

USE OF ENGLISH

Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space.For each question, mark the correct letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.

A Welsh festival

Wales has a (23)____ of about three million. English is the main language and only twenty per cent speak both Welsh and English. Every year for one week (24)____ August there is a Welsh-speaking festival. It (25 )____ place in a different town each year so everyone has the (26)___ for it to be near them. Local people (27)___ years making plans for when the festival will be in their town. Each festival is (28)___ by about 160,000 people. They (29)___ not only from nearby towns and villages (30)___ also from the rest of the British Isles and (31)___ from abroad. There are concerts, plays and competitions, and shops (32)____ Welsh music, books, pictures and clothes as (33)____ as food and drink. There is also a place (34)____ Welsh learners can go to practise the language.

23 A population B people C country D public24 A on B by C in D at25 A takes B finds C has D comes26 A choice B chance C luck D ability27 A pass B put C spend D last28 A arrived B accompanied C joined D attended29 A bring B move C travel D tour30 A but B and C although D however31 A just B hardly C quite D even32 A give B sell C play D buy33 A long B far C good D well34 A when B where C which D that

CULTURAL AWARENESS

35. Which country is not part of the UK?A. Scotland B. Wales C. Iceland36. Many famous people are buried there.A. Buckingham Palace B. Westminster Abbey C. Westminster Palace37. London Zoo is situated in … Park.A. Hyde B. Regent’s C. St.James’s38. “Big Ben” was the nickname of …A. Christopher Wren B. Benjamin Hall C. Andrew Lloyd Webber39. It has been a fortress, a palace, a zoo.A. Big Ben B. Buckingham Palace C. The Tower40. Alexander Selkirk was the prototype of….A. Ivanhoe B. Gulliver C. Robinson Crusoe41.”Alice in Wonderland” was written by…A. Lewis Carroll B. Alexander Milne C. Walter Scott